sweet potato recipes?

[ratcreature]

I've never had sweet potatoes (they're somewhat exotic here), but today my supermarket had some on offer so I got a couple.

Do you have any favorite recipes highlighting their taste that would be good to try them?

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[framlingem.livejournal.com]

Friend-of-a-friend here!

I love sweet potatoes, and my favourite way to eat them, honestly, is the easiest. It's best to get a nice fat sweet potato rather than one of the long thin ones.

Set oven to 350 degrees F (though anything on either side will do), bake on an old pan (otherwise any "juice" will drip to the bottom of your oven where it will be IMPOSSIBLE to clean; can sometimes mark pans so if you have only shiny new ones, maybe line with tinfoil) for around 40 minutes depending on size of potato. Potato will be cooked when the skin is papery and a knife slides all the way through easily - it'll be softer than a regular potato will.

Peel the skin off, deposit potato in bowl, add a bit of salted butter (margarine also works fine), eat with spoon. Or fork. Any sort of scooping utensil, really.

Be aware that sweet potato "juice" is very sticky, so if you can swing it, it's a good idea to wash the

[ratcreature]

Thanks, that's good to know about the stickiness.